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LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Marguerite Wabano at 111 years old. She was a Canadian supercentenarian known as the oldest living person in the country at the time of her death.

Marguerite Wabano was bon on 28 January 1904. It was reported that she was born “out in the bush” along Ekwan River just north of the present-day Attawapiskat First Nation in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.

She attended St. Anne’s Indian Residential School when she was around seven years old before. Just after two years of being at school, her family relocated deeper into the wilderness to protect her and her siblings from the authorities and the school.

As a young woman, she married Raphael “Napihen” Wabano along the Kattawapiskak River and eventually had seven children together. The family moved to Moosonee so her husband could search for employment. Around 1995, her husband passed away.

At the age of 110.
(Source: Paul Lantz)

When Mrs. Wabano was 99 years old, she got a pacemaker implanted in her. However, the doctors detected that it had stopped working and they were not sure for how long it had been inactive.

When she was 110 years old, she was living alone while occasionally receiving some help from her children or grandchildren. At this point, she could still walk while being aided by a walker.

Mrs. Wabano passed away on 13 November 2015 in Moosonee, Ontario, Canada. At the time of her death, she was 111 years old making her the oldest living person in the county at that time.

For more information, please view Marguerite Wabano’s Directory Profile here.

It is with a heavy heart for LongeviQuest to share that Canada’s oldest living man, Reuben Sinclair, passed away at 111 years old.

He was born on 5 December 1911 in Lipton, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Reuben Sinclair was a Canadian supercentenarian who held the title of being the oldest living man in Canada at the time of his death. He was also recognized as the oldest living veteran of the Second World War. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was stationed in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

In November 2021, he already had three living children, six grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

In December 2020, aged 109.
(Source: Facebook/Eric Brunt)

Reuben Sinclair passed away on 27 August 2023 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. At the time of his death, he was 111 years and 265 days old.

LongeviQuest sends our warmest condolences to Reuben Sinclair’s family and friends.

For more information, please view Reuben Sinclair’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Isabelle Descôteaux at 110 years old. She was known as Sister Isabelle, a Canadian supercentenarian considered as the oldest living nun in Canada at the time of her death.

Sister Isabelle was born on 18 November 1906 in Sainte-Monique, Quebec, Canada.

She committed her life to Roman Catholic faith by entering the convent of Roman Catholic Assumption Sisters (French: Sœurs de l’Assomption). She joined in August 1933 when she was 26 years old. For decades, Sister Isabelle taught English and music with predilection to singing.

On her 110th birthday.
(Source: Le Nouvelliste)

She was the second oldest nun in her convent after Judith Pinard (1898-2009). At the time of her death, she became the oldest living nun in Canada and the third-oldest nun in the country.

Sister Isabelle Descoteaux passed away on 15 September 2017 in Nicolet, Quebec, Canada, when she was 110 years old.

For more information, please view Isabelle Descoteaux’s Directory Profile here.

It is with a heavy heart for LongeviQuest to report that Beatrice Jensen, Nova Scotia’s oldest person, passed away at 110 years old. She was a Canadian supercentenarian recognized as the oldest known living person in Nova Scotia at the time of her death.

She was born as Beatrice Kearley on 3 November 1912 in Belleoram, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Beatrice moved to New Waterford, Nova Scotia with her boyfriend when she was 28 years old. One year later, she married her boyfriend, Abraham Jensen, and eventually had two children.

On her 110th birthday.
(Source: CTV News)

In 2018, she was hospitalized after breaking her femur at the age of 105. Two years later, she now had five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Beatrice Jensen passed away on 8 August 2023 in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada. At the time of her death, she was recognized as the oldest known living person in Nova Scotia at the age of 110 years and 278 days old.

LongeviQuest sends our deepest condolences to the bereaved family and friends of Beatrice Jensen.

For more information, please view Beatrice Jensen’s Directory Profile here.